On this episode of the Best of Our Knowledge: students are participating in an oral history project to preserve the stories of the workers in an area known as Slate Valley; a wildlife rehabilitator in the Adirondacks is writing a series of books to get youth excited about nature and animals; a U.S. military installation in Virginia was renamed in honor of two pioneering Black Army officers; and the New York State Museum is examining American Revolution-era remains discovered in a construction site.
Sea ice in the Southern Ocean is melting, leading to increased ocean heat loss and stronger storms. We’ll speak with a climate scientist to...
After the start of World War II, more than 110 thousand Japanese-Americans were rounded up and taken to desolate detention camps. For most of...
This week on The Best Of Our Knowledge, we speak with the authors of a new picture book The Slave Who Went To Congress....